Taean Machine Complex
| Taean Machine Complex | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 대안중기계련합기업소 |
|---|---|
| Hancha | 大安重機械聯合企業所 |
| Revised Romanization | Daean Junggigye Yeonghap Kieopso |
| McCune–Reischauer | Taean Chunggigye Ryŏnghap Kiŏpso |
The Taean Machine Complex is machinery factory in Taean-dong, Taean-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea producing a wide array of electric machinery for industrial and household use.
Products include electric motors, transformers, power generation equipment such as hydro and thermal power generators, machinery for use in metallurgical and chemical factories, coal mining equipment, etc. Employing approximately 14,000 workers, the complex can produce up to 1,000 electric motors of 75 kW (101 hp) to 320 kW (430 hp), 100-200 560kWA ~ 125,000VA transformers and 100 hydraulic turbine generators of 300 kW (400 hp) to 125,000 kW (168,000 hp) annually.
Only a small iron workshop prior to Liberation, it was nationalised in November 1945, becoming a branch facility of the Kangsŏn Steel Works producing small farm equipment. Production of 3.75 kW (5.03 hp) electric motors and 10kVA transformers began in 1948. Later, production of motors and pumps for rural irrigation began. In October 1975 it became an integrated machinery factory, and on 25 September 1980 the Taean Electric Factory and the Taean Machinery Factory were merged to form the current Taean Machine Complex. The complex was awarded the Order of Kim Il-sung, and was twice awarded the "Ch'ŏllima Factory" award.
The Taean Machine Complex was heavily involved in projects such as the West Sea Barrage, the Sunch'ŏn Vinylon Complex, the Sariwon Fertiliser Complex, the coal gas plants at the Namhŭng Youth Chemical Complex, the Samsu Power Plant, the Ŏrangch'ŏn Power Plant, the Wŏnsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Power Plant, the Anbyŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn Power Plant, the Yesŏng River Power Plant, the Naep'yŏng Power Plant, the Namgang Power Plant, the Hŭngju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Power Plant the December Thermal Power Plant, the Tongp'yŏng Thermal Power Plant, the T'aech'ŏn Nuclear Power Plant, and the T'aechŏn Hydroelectric Power Plant.
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